Heart Sounds and Murmurs CD-ROM: translated into Spanish and Japanese editions, used in medical schools worldwide, this program is the classic reference for cardiac auscultation...

Heart Sounds Proficiency Test: this interactive multimedia program has been used to measure auscultation proficiency of physicians and allied health professionals at all levels of training. Actual patient videos and recordings of their heart sounds, combined with computer animations, test the ability to establish physical findings at the bedside...

Heart Sounds Tutorial: this online program focuses on the four common valvar lesions in the left heart:

aortic regurgitation

aortic stenosis

mitral regurgitation

mitral stenosis

In this tutorial, you will be able to examine actual patients with these lesions. By moving a virtual stethoscope over the chest, you can listen to the heart at several listening locations, while at the same time, you will see a video of the patient's pulsations in the neck, precordium, or extremities. The findings are explained with text, as well as illustrated with phonocardiograms, hemodynamic data, and computer animations.

Heart Sounds Quiz: this interactive quiz will test your ability to identify correctly the first and second heart sounds, extra sounds, diastolic and systolic murmurs in recordings of actual patients, using a computer animation of the carotid pulse for timing.

SVT Tutorial: this online program uses computer animations to explain.arrhythmia mechanisms and their associated electrocardiographic findings for the following examples:

AV Node Reentry

AV Reentry

Atrial Tachycardia

Atrial Flutter

Atrial Fibrillation

High- and low-frequency sounds illustrated: this brief program demonstrates the difference between events that cause low frequency sounds (e.g., a third heart sound) and events that cause high frequency sounds (e.g., an ejection click). Click here.

Physiological splitting of the second heart sound: this animation shows normal changes in S2 with inspiration. Click here.

Splash animation: if you missed this flashy movie before we removed it from our homepage, you can see it here.

Blaufuss Medical Multimedia is a company that develops clinical simulators for health care trainees and professionals for personal computers, networks, and the internet using actual patient data and custom animations. If you have any questions about these projects, please let us know.